Posted on 12/18/2006 2:58:26 PM PST by blam
Ancient Egyptian carving sheds light on Karnak
temple Sun Dec 17, 5:11 PM ET
CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt announced the discovery of a carving dating back to the 12th century BC which could hold the key to valuable information on Karnak temple, the largest ancient religious site in the world.
The large quartzite stone, carved with 17 lines of hieroglyphics, highlights the achievements of high priest Bak En Khonso and his contributions to the grand hall at Karnak.
The 170 cm by 80 cm carving (5.5 by 2.5 feet), unearthed by a team of archeologists in the southern Nile city of Luxor, also depicts the high priest's family tree.
"This is very important because we never knew anything about Bak En Khonso," the second most important man after the king, said Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.
"This is going to reconstruct history and will enrich our understanding of Karnak," he told AFP. The stone was found by a team of Egyptian archeologists.
Bak En Khonso lived during the reign of King Setnakhte, founder of Egypt's Twentieth Dynasty.
A high priest was considered to be the most important man after the king, performing duties, religious rituals and offerings on his behalf.
Karnak Temple in the southern city of Luxor is the largest ancient religious site in the world. Of its four main parts, only one is accessible to tourists.
"There are still so many treasures underground," said Hawass, who believes that 70 percent of Egypt's antiquities are yet to be discovered.
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Karnak the Magnificent!
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The City of Paris is paying close attention to this development.
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Carson was the greatest ever. The world has certainly changed a lot - and not for the better, IMO.
Anybody remember Ed Ames and the tomahawk skit ???
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Johnny was quite a stunt man in his own right.
A lot of interesting stuff has come out of Egypt since he was put in charge although the government was most likely just out to get more tourist dollars.
I was very disapointed when he disallowed Gatenbein (sp) to continue his robotic survey of the Great Pyramid's "air-shafts" but Zahi Hawass followed up nicely with his own 'home-grown' robots. Cannot wait to find out what is behind the little doors in the air-shafts!!
Half brother of Bak En Shake.
An excellent find.
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And nephew of Sheik En Bake ??
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